USF Wayne and Ruth Dalton Vocal Music Series featuring USF alum Dr. Jaime (Finck) Namminga ’05

Name: USF Wayne and Ruth Dalton Vocal Music Series featuring USF alum Dr. Jaime (Finck) Namminga ’05
Start: 2024-10-21T19:00:00-05:00
Location: 1101 W. 22nd Street, Sioux Falls, SD, United States, South Dakota 57105

Schedule

Mon Oct 21 2024 at 07:00 pm

UTC-05:00

Location

1101 W. 22nd Street, Sioux Falls, SD, United States, South Dakota 57105 | Sioux Falls, SD

“Syzygy: Its Magic and Splendor” features art songs by American composers, including a premiere by Susquehanna University Assistant Professor of Music, Dr. Jaime Namminga. Other composers include Richard Hundley, Libby Larsen, Jake Heggie, and Undine Smith Moore. Please join Amanda Russo Stante, mezzo-soprano and Jaime Namminga, piano for this eclectic and entertaining program.
Date: Monday, October 21
Time: 7:00 pm
Location: University of Sioux Falls | Salsbury Science Center - Zbornik Hall
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Dr. Jaime Namminga is an Assistant Professor of Music at Susquehanna University, where she coordinates the collaborative piano area and teaches ear training and class piano. She recently created and directs the Minor in Collaborative Piano degree at SU. Namminga performs regularly in recital with vocalists and instrumentalists alike, and Indie Opera Podcast described her playing as “gorgeous and fantastic.” Namminga performed in a piano trio at the 2023 World Saxophone Congress in Gran Canaria, Spain and was a finalist for the 2021 Puerto Rico Collaborative Piano Institute competition. She has been a vocal coach and piano conductor for various theatre productions, including Fun Home and The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee at Bucknell University and Matilda for the Lycoming College Summer Stock program. Namminga is in demand as a choral pianist, playing annually for the ACDA-PA honor choir. Her scholarship includes writings and presentations on various collaborative piano topics, including the pianistic enhancing of musical theatre and choral repertoire. Her articles on the choral pianist as co-leader and the “LAWs” of collaborative piano were recently published in the Choral Journal and On Collaborating, respectively. Namminga holds a BA from the University of Sioux Falls, a MM from the University of North Carolina School of the Arts, and a DMA from Arizona State University. She resides in Selinsgrove, PA with her husband Darin and their three children: Sophia (13), Dakota (9), and Oliver (7).